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Interesting line of thoughts. Governments create a pretense and people come to participate. Regular soldiers are not mercenary armies, so receive no bounty. It says something about human nature which this audience seems to see through. Like all contact sports, there is something emotionally satisfying about dominating an opponent into submission. There is also a satisfaction from modern leaders who direct the strategy from behind. Afterwards we analyze the successes and failures from an academic level. It happens in sports, too.

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